In Tamil Nadu, there is a pattern of violence in police custody which was highlighted in aftermath of custodial deaths of ...

Ajith Kumar, who used to work as a temple guard in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga, who allegedly died during police custody. He was ...

The Madras High Court has severely criticised the Tamil Nadu police over a recent custodial death case. The court questioned ...

Nancy Wambui, who eloped with her high school teacher Hillary Kaguthi Gitahi 26 years ago. She has been sentenced to two ...

Five policemen have been arrested in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district following a custodial death. A judicial enquiry was ...

About 597 First Nations people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. This year alone, 12 Indigenous people have died – 31% of total custodial ...

Families of two young men allegedly subjected to enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing by Pakistani security forces are staging a peaceful sit-in outside the Deputy Commissioner's ...

Balochistan [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Custodial deaths of allegedly enforced disappeared persons have been recorded in Pakistan's Balochistan, with two different cases in Dera Bugti and Mashkay ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports regarding an alleged custodial death in Deoghar district, Jharkhand, on May 21.

2015 custodial death case: T.N. SHRC recommends ₹10 lakh compensation to deceased’s family The Commission had taken suo motu cognisance of a report published in The Hindu over the custodial ...

However, six months into its term, reports of custodial deaths and torture highlight the persistence of impunity in the country. A proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission featured prominently in ...

Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has issued 119 guidelines to the police on preventing custodial deaths. The guidelines include details on how police should conduct arrests, transfer and ...